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Jeremy Barr

RARE PHOTOS: Us tv networks split on broadcasting trumps election focused speech | Vintage Vibes

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Four TV monitors in a square play the president, with the bottom right screen on a hold pattern.
Donald Trump's address plays in the press briefing room of the White House in Washington DC on Thursday. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/EPA

The US’s largest television stations split on whether to air Donald Trump’s White House address live on Thursday night, which was heavy on unproven accusations about the integrity of the 2020 election won by Joe Biden.

While CNN, ABC and NBC chose not to air the speech live, CBS, Fox News and MS Now (formerly MSNBC) aired at least large portions of the speech live. ABC did not air the speech as a must-run broadcast, but some station affiliates – including the Washington DC station owned by the right-leaning broadcaster Sinclair – chose to air the speech.

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